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JAMES FRANKLIN TOIVNER, OF AURORA, ILLINOIS.

CHURN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 309,500, dated December 16, 1884.

Application filed April 8, 188-1.

To all whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, JAMES F. Towlvnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at A11- rora, in the county of Kane and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Churn, of which the following is a specification, ret erence being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention has relation to rotary churns; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a churn embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical sectional view. Fig. 3 is an end elevation, and Fig. 4. is a horizontal section, through the churnbody, on the line at: w in Fig. 2.

Referring by letter to the HCCOHIPZLDyIDg drawings, a designates the table which supports the gearing that rotates the chnrirbod b, c, and (l designate three hangers, secured to the under face of the tabletop a, 1 11d which are provided with the bearings for the two shafts c and c. The shaft (2 carries a miter-gear wheel, f, near its inner end, and n tiy wheel, 9, on its outer end.

- c is provided near its inner end with a mitergear wheel, f, and on its outer end with the i The teeth of the miter-gear wheels j and f are on their inner faces, and engage the crank 72.

teethof a miter-pinion, f, on a vertical shaft, 1, stepped in a seat in the middle hanger, c, and having its upper bearing in the center of the table-top a.

To the, upper end of the vertical shaft 2" is iixed a wheel, in, having a vertical rimtiange, Z, and this wheel It forms the seat for the bottom of the churn-body m. The bot tom of the churn-body is provided with a shoulder, at, which rests on the rim-flange Z, and the churn body is therefore prevented trom being moved from its seat by the centrifugal force of the wheel lr. \Vhen rapidly rotated, the weight of the churn-body and its contents prevent rising vertically. The churn-body is of metal and has a dischargespout, it, handles a n, and a removable lid,

it", provided with an orifice for the stationary dasher-stem o, and ventilating-tubes p p on opposite sides of said orifice. A set of four radial blades, q, secured in a central post, q,

The shaft (No model.)

1 t I t slotted to receive them, and provided with an upward projection, q, rests within the churnbody on its bottom, and revolves with it when the churn is operated.

Standards 1 r rise from the top of the table at its sides, and are perforated in their horizontal tops, for the reception of screw-bolts s s, which pass through the slots 5 s in the ends of the arched cross arm t, which is providcd with a central socket, to, in which the upper end of the stem 0 is removably secured by a cross-pin, n.

To the lower end of the stationary dasherstem 0 is secured a crossbar, w, and near the ends of this crossbar are provided the depending perforated dasher-blades :v a", curved outwardly on their inner edges to permit the radial blades (1 to pass between. and below them when the churn is operated. WVhen the crank is turned, the churn-body is rotated by the wheel It, on which it rests, and it carries with it the radial blades (1. The perforated blades remain stationary, and the cream is driven against them and through their pertorations, th as thoroughly agitating the cream.

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

In a churn, the continuation, with the table having bearings for the transverse and vertical shafts, of the shafts e and 0, having the miter-gears f and f, the tly-wheel and the crank, and the vertical sha'tt i, having the pinion 1' near its lower end, and the wheel is, provided with the rinrfiange at its upper end, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAllIES FRANKLIN TONNER.

Witnesses:

DANIEL FREnsn, G-Eonc-n BAXTER. 

